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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
2
The Golden Rule Store promotes school shoes ahead of the fall term with Pendleton stock at old prices. It highlights kid and adult sizes, leather and calf options, and features like extra sole protection and long-lasting stitching. The ad emphasizes value and durability for students returning to school.
October 2 fixed in Chicago for the trial of the 24 packers lawyers and corporations tied to the packing house trust. South Dakota expected a huge wheat crop with acres up 16 percent from last year and 18 percent better condition. Rebellion reported in Pu Chou Fu. many soldiers deserting after dispatch. Freight collision near Nevaha Kansas City Southern leaves Fireman Devers dead and Porter Conwell critically injured. Harry K. Stewart electrocuted at Wichita while moving a condenser. Mrs. Mary Genders seeks $9000 alleged life insurance theft by fugitive Charles C. Hammitt. Typhoid cases rise in Washington DC with 245 total since July 1 and 12 new August 12 cases. Manuel Mendez jailed after dark melon scheme near Redlands California.
Ollie Weber an 18 year old drowned in Bellevur Idaho after epileptic fit in shallow water. In Extacada Oregon City A Cunningham couple found guilty of selling liquor without a municipal license. Santa Ana steamer arrives Seattle with 6688 cases canned salmon from Yakutat and Dundas Canneries Alaska valued at $26000. Butte Helena electric plants sold for $600000 to J G White Co NY. $100000 to be spent on improvements. Stanford plays Willamette Sept 20 and Oregon Oct 7 at Stanford. Cobban acquitted of subornation of perjury in Helena Montana. nine more charges pending. Percy White of Silver Idaho badly burned by dynamite explosion. likely to die. Louis Bermacon also injured. Mrs George Brown killed by lightning near Red Lodge Montana. clothing burned. horse killed. Fraser River salmon surplus strains Puget Sound canneries. season imbalance noted.
Northern Pacific General Manager warns strikers to return or quit with 10 day deadline. He outlines dispatching shortages on Snoqualmie and Seattle divisions. Officials note crews lacking operators, freight handling by inexperienced staff, and 200 loads stuck at Interbay as 20 percent of strikers remain active in multiple cities.
A damaged voyage tale reports a guest slipping on the gangplank of the steamer Nicomedia in Portland. He sued for damages against the Hamburg American line and shipowners, prompting officers to install a warning sign at the dock. Separately an Arnica Salve endorsement and a San Francisco Chronicle collapse scare are noted.
A scathing Baker City Maverick review by Livermore attacks Pendleton editors led by Elmer Dodd as puppets of diverse stockholder interests. The piece lampoons editorial life, warns of saloon influence, and hints at a looming stockholder round up to curb the Herald and Tribune. Also notes a Cumberland Maryland baby story and a Dr King’s Discovery testimonial.
Taxpayers in Pendleton Oregon are notified that Timatilla County will hold a board of equalization at the county clerk’s office on the last Monday in April. The six day session will publicly examine assessment rolls and correct errors in land or property descriptions valuations and ownership.
The Lehman Springs stage will begin Saturday June 30 and run through October 1 carrying passengers and mail. It departs from Lindsay's stable on Cottonwood Street. Withee supplies gasoline engines and pumps for the operation.
The National Civic Congress opens its annual convention at the Portland auditorium with delegates from civic federations and municipal reform groups across the United States. Prominent speakers will discuss municipal reform, corruption power, and civic problems during the week long meetings led by figures such as William Travers Jerome Josiah Strong and John DeWitt Warner.
The Cotton Review notes a 14.9 percent drop in acreage on August 3 and 7.8 percent on August 4, 1904, implying a crop under 9.4 million bales. Yet favorable weather across the belt and new bale arrivals temper fears, as efforts to reduce old stocks clash with expectations for a new crop, leaving the outlook balanced but uncertain.
Denver August 14 The American Osteopathic movement opens its five day convention with expected attendance to surpass last year when about 1900 doctors attended in St. Louis. Nearly every state is represented with some entrants from Canada and Mexico. There are nine osteopathic colleges in the United States with 164 teachers and 1200 to 1600 students. Over 4000 practitioners have graduated from these colleges to date.
King Oscar left Stockholm for Marstram to recover his health and rest. He passes governing duties to Crown Prince Gustave, named regent during absence, amid rumors of a permanent retirement in favor of his eldest son.
Chicago August 14 negotiations with the Union Traction company have stalled. the city council transportation committee will resume talks on the traction settlement for the City railway. It is believed the City railway will accept paying $96,400 in full for overdue Hoenne fees and $5,000 monthly in return for tariff relief, wire repairs, and track maintenance rights.
Aug 14 Little Rock Ark The annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Log Rolling Association an important woodmen group slated to open here today has been postponed due to yellow fever in the lower Mississippi valley. Delegates would have come from Mississippi and Louisiana. Between 1000 and 5000 delegates were expected. The event will likely be held later in the fall after the fever subsides.
The Nation Fuiners league of the United States, an organization of colored business men representing local business men's organizations in the states, opened its annual convention in New York this morning. Attendance is strong, with prominent representation from the Southern and Eastern states.
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